shp/shx/dbf conversion to flash

radu

Posted 02 February 2009 - 06:53 AM

radu

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Hi guys,
I'm kinda new in GIS. I'm trying to export a shp/shx/dbf set of files into flash. I tried with php mapscript, but I can't export the names of the regions, and it seems each layer is exported in a different swf file. I tried also with FME from safe.com, but that exports just the shapes, not also the region names. Do you know an application that would make that conversion from shp to swf, exporting also the names of the regions from the dbf file?

Hi guys,I'm kinda new in GIS. I'm trying to export a shp/shx/dbf set of files into flash. I tried with php mapscript, but I can't export the names of the regions, and it seems each layer is exported in a different swf file. I tried also with FME from safe.com, but that exports just the shapes, not also the region names. Do you know an application that would make that conversion from shp to swf, exporting also the names of the regions from the dbf file?

I haven't examined it yet, but the current version of MaPublisher imports from the data formats you specify into Illustrator and exports to Flash.

kay

Posted 08 February 2009 - 12:36 PM

kay

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I am not sure exactly what you would like to make with your shapefile... but I would suggest MAPublisher.

Have you tried MAPublisher with Adobe Illustrator? (http://www.avenza.co...ucts.mapub.html).
You can import the shapefile to Adobe Illustrator... then you can export the GIS data with the attribute information via MAP Web Author I tried it out and it has been pretty cool and easy!

Note that if you're looking for a quick way of going from geodata (shapefile) to online interactive map, this is NOT the way. You'd still have to do all the nitty gritty of figuring out what to do with the information you've parsed from the shapefile.

Frank

Posted 25 March 2010 - 05:43 AM

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In response to the above mentioned 'quick way of going from geodata (shapefile) to online interactive map', for this you could use StatPlanet Lite. It also uses Edwin van Rijkom's SHP classes and enables you to have your interactive map up and running within a few minutes, no progamming or PHP required.

Just replace the files in the map folder with your own files, click on the button 'Setup shapefile' in the Excel-based Data Editor, and your interactive map should be ready (at least, using the included sample data).

Some examples of how to create quantitative / choropleth or qualitative maps using the software are available on the site.

Tripeaky

Posted 05 August 2011 - 06:43 AM

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We were interested because our users needed something rapid to view dbf files and we did not want to use FoxPro. We had another utility that works on Windows 95 and NT but would not work on Windows 98. We tried using Excel but it would only read up to 65, 536 records and some of the files they look at are larger than that. I had looked at another dbfviewer but it did not have all the functionality that yours has.